# Dairy MPP is delivering in 2018 | TheFencePost.com

> More than 21,000 US dairy operations enrolled in the Dairy Margin Protection Program for 2018, with about 60 percent of the US milk supply covered. Most enrolled farms chose higher buy-up coverage levels, up to $8 per hundredweight, after changes in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.

- Date: 2018-08-01 · published 2018-08-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/5855-dairy-mpp-is-delivering-in-2018-thefencepost-com
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Heavier margin protection coverage can support farm income and milk output stability, with limited immediate effect on milk prices.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2019-06-26 | [USDA farm bill implementation progress update \| TheFencePost.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58575-usda-farm-bill-implementation-progress-update-thefencepost-com.md) | -0.2% | +6.7% |
| MILK | 2018-02-16 | [Agriculture Funding in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018  - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66479-agriculture-funding-in-the-bipartisan-budget-act-of-2018-everycrsreport-com.md) | -0.3% | +6.2% |
| MILK | 2021-06-11 | [What happened? What’s next? - Is the market fixing itself? - Progressive Dairy \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46753-what-happened-what-s-next-is-the-market-fixing-itself-progressive-dairy-ag-proud.md) | +0.5% | -2.0% |
| MILK | 2018-05-31 | [MPP-Dairy: The deadline is now; payments already guaranteed for February through April -  \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9760-mpp-dairy-the-deadline-is-now-payments-already-guaranteed-for-february-through.md) | +0.9% | +0.4% |
| MILK | 2018-12-26 | [Lots of good things for dairy in new farm bill](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61717-lots-of-good-things-for-dairy-in-new-farm-bill.md) | -0.1% | +1.1% |

## Sources

- thefencepost.com: https://www.thefencepost.com/news/dairy-mpp-is-delivering-in-2018/

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